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In the state of New York, the common law felony murder rule has been codified in New York Penal Law § 125.25. [6] The New York version of the rule provides that a death occurring during the commission of certain felonies, without the intent to kill, becomes second degree murder, and with intent to kill, becomes first degree murder.
In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide, of which first-degree murder and felony murder [1] are the most serious, followed by second-degree murder and, in a few states, third-degree murder, which in other states is divided into voluntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter such ...
As each state has its own statutes, law that cover the same criminal conduct may have different names. For example: New York State defines manslaughter in the first degree as conduct that causes a death with intent to cause serious physical injury, a definition that corresponds to "voluntary manslaughter" in most other states. If the defendant ...